This Day Had Some Plans - A Poem on the strong power of suggestion. This day had its plans. I had mine. They did not include a crash, a stumble, an ice pick, the urge to see the security footage of my foolishness again and again. This body, this heart so accustomed to pain denies… Continue reading This Day Had Some Plans
Category: About Poetry
Books By Color – RED
RED. I’m feeling dangerous, daring. I feel like diving into a red book today. My bookcase arcs across the wall like an uneven rainbow - my refuge in the middle of the storm or as in this case, boredom. I feel heady with anticipation, my fingers stroking the glossy covers. With each book title I… Continue reading Books By Color – RED
Man with Womb
Today, only wall sockets are bold enough to stare back. Faithful like peep holes who warn of shadows, passing and still. My strong thighs suggest - you not trespass. Savage with glossy lips to control the pride. You think you do...I know. I am the striding force I am the knowing wink My words escape,… Continue reading Man with Womb
All For The Perfect Name
I could have called myself Maya -- माया māyā Supernatural being of wisdom and power, an unfathomable plan, a detachment from incomplete fragments of reality, like a brief, disturbed drop of water from unbounded waves. How I could attain to an illusion that both conceals & pierces the veil? I certainly had the consonants… Continue reading All For The Perfect Name
Lessons
I am orphaned, how I need my Father near. This body aches from the sky draped on it like a million men. The waterfall from my knees grovels endless. The dollar stretches permissions, unsecures inhibitions but has no model answer to anquished questions. Still under armor and a sustainable savings program, my heart is… Continue reading Lessons
